Jacksonville's Bill Warner will campaign this 1971 Group 44 Triump TR-6 at Monterey next weekend. The car, painted black and silver, also won an SCCA championship when owned by actor/racer Paul Newman.

One of the limited-edition Jaguar Lightweight E-Types takes form in England.

This weekend's Pod Rods has some new and updated cruise-ins to discuss; news about the next-gen Chevy Volt; some classic cars race in California, including a local car; and Dodge has a new cop car.That's just a bit of what's up in this weekend's edition of Pod Rods.

The next-generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt debuts in January at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Global Chevrolet Chief Marketing Officer Tim Mahoney said Volt sales were up 13 percent in July, and more than 65,000 have been sold since it was introduced. Volt owners are driving more than 63 percent of their overall miles in electric vehicle mode, collectively logging more than 500 million gas-free miles since the Volt's retail debut in 2010.That said, Chevrolet only leased us with a shot of a bit of its tail.

In Pebble Beach action....BMW will run three BMW USA Classic race cars in the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Aug. 14-17. The entries include the famous No. 25 BMW 3.0 CSL (Batmobile), the BMW ALPINA 2002ti and the BMW M1 IMSA Group 4. Fans can follow along on Twitter @BMWUSAClassic.The CSL won the 1975 12 Hours of Sebring and was honored this past March with a Class win at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. One of five BMW Motorsport chassis campaigned in the 1975 and 1976 IMSA Camel GT Series, it won at Sebring, Riverside, Laguna Seca, Daytona and Talladega in 1975. BMW of North America President and CEO Ludwig Willisch will drive it next weekend.The newly-restored 2002ti was campaigned in the 1971 and 1972 seasons and then retired, remaining for 24 years in storage before being purchased by BMW of North America.The final BMW entry is the sleek M1 IMSA Group 4 campaigned at the 24 Hours of Daytona and Mosport during the 1981 season by David Hobbs, Mark Surer and Dieter Quester. Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and powered by a Paul Rosche-designed 3.5-liter, twin-cam 6-cylinder, it will be driven by pro driver Randy Pobst.

Another famous classic race car will be at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway, and it comes from the folks who created and run the annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.Concours Founder and Chairman Bill Warner will race his 1971 Triumph TR-6, which was first run by Bob Tullius and his Group 44 race team, then campaigned by actor/racer Paul Newman. The car will be in the paddock with David Hinton's Heritage Motorsport folks. The car, in its current and historic Group 444 livery, was on the Laguna Seca Sprints poster 40 years ago. This is the first time in four decades that the car has returned to race on the famous circuit.As for the concours, its 20th iteration is set for March 13-15 in and around the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, with more than 250 rare collectible and race cars and famous car personalities and racers. For more information, visit www.ameliaconcours.org.

On to modern cars.Hennessey Performance has announced that it's going to build an even better hypercar than its 270-mph Venom GT.The Venom F5, its alphanumeric designation referring to the strongest tornado, will have a "bold, lower-drag shape, additional power and enhanced technology" to push the Texas-built 2-seater to "velocities previously unimagined for a road-legal, series-produced vehicle." Hennessey says. The new car will have a clean-sheet carbon-fiber body design that drops its coefficient of drag from the GT's .44 to below .40 while still generating downforce through the upper body shape and underbody venturis, a rear diffuser and a retractable rear wing. The power will come from a twin-turbo powertrain, the turbo size for the longitudinally mounted V-8 increased to more than 1,400 hp. Customer deliveries are expected in late 2016, at least 30 to be produced for sale for sale higher than the GT's $1.2 million.

Aston Martin will debut its new 2015 V12 Vantage S Roadster at the Pebble Beach Automotive Week on Aug. 14, joined by the new Design Prototype 100, which makes a North American debut. The new V12 Vantage S Roadster has a 565 hp 6-liter engine capable of reaching 201 mph and sprinting from rest to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. It arrives in markets around the world later this year.As for the DP-100, it was developed in-house by the Aston Martin design team, and is a new, virtual-only GT racer on Gran Turismo6. It will be shown as a full-size hand-crafted model at Monterey this month. The design team and design engineers worked for six months to create the new addition to the Vision Gran Turismo stable of race cars. It's a twin-turbo V-12 mid-engined racer with up to 800hp in the game.

Jaguar Land Rover will have three product debuts at this year's Pebble Beach Automotive weekend: the new 550 hp Range Rover Sport SVR, the U.S. version of the Jaguar F-TYPE Project 7 and the prototype of the new Jaguar Lightweight E-Type – of which six customer cars will be built.All three vehicles will make their public debut on Aug. 14 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance kick-off party. All three vehicles are from Jaguar Land Rover's newly created Special Operations division which will focus on designing and engineering high specification vehicles, bespoke commissions, heritage products and branded goods. The Jaguar F-TYPE Project 7 and Range Rover Sport SVR are both from Special Vehicle Operations, while the new Lightweight E-Type is the first recreation from Special Operation's Jaguar Heritage team.

Dodge unveiled its new 2015 Charger Pursuit police car with the new styling that is on the civilian version.The Charger Pursuit comes in V-8 and V-8 all-wheel-drive versions with 370-hp and 60-mph in less than six seconds. It also comes in an aluminum 3.6-liter V-6 version with 292-hp. Inside, officers get a new 7-inch full-color multi-view instrument gauge cluster with more than 100 ways to customize how information is presented. At the center, a Uconnect 5.0 system with 5-inch touchscreen and Bluetooth. They also get police-duty front seats with unique bolstering to accommodate officers' belt-mounted gear and column-mounted shifter with Auto Stick to free up space for center-console mounted controls. And the steering wheel gets remappable auxiliary buttons programmed to operate aftermarket police equipment. Under the skin, a rear backup camera, larger 14.5-in. front and 13.8-in. rear pursuit-rated brakes are now standard.

Indian Motorcycle, revived three years ago after Polaris' purchase, has launched its new 2015 Indian Scout. Starting at $10,999, the new Scout was unveiled a week ago at the 2014 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. It weighs 558 pounds and is a clean sheet design for the middle-weight cruiser class. It has a cast aluminum frame, low 25.3-inch seat height and liquid-cooled 69 cubic inch V-twin engine with 100-hp. Indian says this is the "first truly new" Scout in more than 70 years.

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America announced an ambitious $7.5 million campaign to build a new permanent home at Daytona International Speedway. The move coincides with the scheduled January 2016 completion of DAYTONA Rising, the Speedway's $400 million renovation project currently underway."Daytona is the perfect home for the Hall of Fame," said MSHF President Ron Watson, "because it is home or near home to all the forms of motorsports the Hall of Fame honors. The biggest stock car race, the biggest sports car race, the biggest motorcycle race, as well as an area known for great achievements in drag racing, powerboating and aviation."The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America represents the diversity of motorized competition including open wheel, stock cars, motorcycles, aviation, drag racing, sports cars and powerboats. The 2014 class just inducted into the Hall of Fame include Ole Bardahl, Raymond Beadle, John Bishop, Ricky Graham, Arie Luyendyk, Marshall Teague and Rusty Wallace.Plans call for a new 10,000 sq. ft. Hall of Fame exhibit area with interactive displays, vehicles, images, artwork, stories and bronze sculptures of 216 icons of American motorsports. The $7.5 million will be used to develop displays that tell both the people and technology stories within motorsports.

Hot weather continues as summer draws to a close. But there's some hot classic car action still out there:

Car events:• The North Florida Corvette Association has announced it will hold its 50th anniversary celebration in on Oct. 11 and 12 at the Ramada Jacksonville/Baymeadows Hotel and Conference Center at 9150 Baymeadows Road in Jacksonville. Registrations must be received by Oct. 1. For more information, go to www.nfca.net.Cruise-ins:• Informal cruise-in - 7 to 9 a.m. every Saturday at the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop at 11117 San Jose Blvd. in Mandarin.• Automotive Addicts Cars and Coffee — 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday and every second Saturday of each month at the Florida Times-Union's riverfront parking lot at 1 Riverside Ave.• First Coast Car Council — 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Medical and Merchants Center, 11701 San Jose Blvd.• Ancient City Cruise-In — 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Steak 'n Shake, 1760 U.S. 1 in St. Augustine.• Amelia Cruizers — 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Loop Pizza Grill, 869 Sadler Road in Fernandina Beach.• Update - Clay County Cruzers - 6 to 8 p.m. at Dick's Wings, 2853 Henley Road in Green Cove Springs; third Saturday is 6 to 8 p.m. at Your Pie, 1545 County Road 220 on Fleming Island; and fourth Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Panera Bread, 1510 County Road 220 in Fleming Island.• NEW - O'Reilly Auto Parts Car Show – 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and every second Saturday at O'Reilly Auto Parts at 450076 Florida 200 in Callahan.• NEW - Jax Beach Classic Car Cruise - 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday Aug. 19 and ever third Tuesday of the month. Jacksonville Beach and Better Jacksonville Beach park in Latham Plaza and the Sea Walk Pavilion, while other cruisers are encouraged to park in the northwest corner of the city parking lot between Latham Plaza and Sneakers. At 8:30, an organized cruise begins along 1st Street.

Georgia cruise-ins:• Southeast Georgia Car and Truck Club cruise-ins - 6 p.m. the second Saturday of each month at Sonic's, 395 Charlie Smith Senior Highway, St. Marys; and 6 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month at the Millhouse Steakhouse, 1215 East King Ave. in Kingsland, next to Interstate 95.• Bike Enthusiasts show - 7 p.m. the first and third Thursdays, Cavagnaro's restaurant at 1810 South GA Parkway W. in Waycross.• Zaxby's Car Show - 6 to 9 p.m. the third Saturday of every month, Zaxby's at 2316 Memorial Drive in Waycross.